Running any `php artisan` command tells me Table `database.permissions` doesn't exist

After a little more digging, turns out it was some code in my AuthServiceProvider boot method:

    /**
     * Register any application authentication / authorization services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot()
    {
        $this->registerPolicies();

        Gate::before(function ($user) {
            if ($user->hasGroup('admin')) {
                return true;
            }
        });

        // adds a gate for each permission name - checks whether the user has a group that matches one of the permission groups
        // disabling because this is causing an issue with php artisan when the database isn't initialized
        foreach ($this->getPermissions() as $permission) {
            Gate::define($permission->name, function ($user) use ($permission) {
                return $user->hasGroup($permission->groups);
            });
        };

        Gate::before(function ($user) {
            if ($user->hasGroup('admin')) {
                return true;
            }
        });
    }

It's trying to query for permissions when there's no tables created yet.

Anyone have a good strategy for handling this?

You could exit the provider if running in console?

    if(app()->runningInConsole()) {
        return;
    }

Ended up just checking if the schema has that table at the time before querying.

        if (!Schema::hasTable('permissions')) {
            return [];
        }

bear in mind that you have added a DB request to every request to your application.